The Dancers...
Brooke Bradley (Dancer) has been dancing since the word "go." While in high school, Brooke got her first taste of true modern dance. And she found her niche. She continued her education at the University of South Florida. During her four years at the university, she worked with choreographers: Jennifer Archibald, Janis Brenner, Trisha Brown, Michael Foley, and Mariah Maloney. Brooke graduated with a B.F.A. in Modern Dance Performance in 2008. After graduation, Brooke spent a year in New York. While there, she choreographed and performed in an off-Broadway show. Being a Florida girl at heart, and still wanting to pursue her passion for modern dance, she returned to Florida to dance with Moving Current in 2009. Brooke is back in school for massage therapy in Fort Myers at the Heritage Institute.
Katie Cole (Dancer) is a dancer, choreographer and aerialist. She began dancing at the age of four. In 1993, she attained a BA in fine arts specializing in modern dance, from the University of South Florida. While challenging her dancing desires in New York City, she received a scholarship for Intensive Study with Jennifer Muller’s company, “The Works”, and also performed with Elizabeth Streb Ringside in “Free Flight” and as a contracted aerial performer with Aerial Effects. Katie’s performance credits include USF and the Florida Dance Festival, 1999 and 2003, in Miami, and her choreography has been presented by USF and Moving Current. She has been with Moving Current since 1997. Katie continues to nurture her love and passion for self-expression through dance, fulfillment through the exploration of movement and continuously challenging the possibilities and the boundaries that exist. Katie is thoroughly enjoying motherhood, her greatest achievement is her son Dalton and her greatest challenge is raising him.
Aly Coscia (Dancer) Began what would soon become, her dance career in Dade City, Florida. She received her training at Blackwood Studios and upon high school graduation decided to continue to feed her passion at Florida State University. While in school, she discovered her love for modern dance and earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree. She had the privilege to perform in numerous concerts and work with choreographers such as Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Monica Bill-Barnes, Gerri Houlilhan, Dan Wagoner, and Steve Koester. In the fall of 2009 she was given the opportunity to intern at “Doug Varone and Dancers”, take class, and perform in New York City. Currently, she is teaching, choreographing, and now performing in the Tampa Bay area and is so thrilled to be performing as a member of Moving Current for the first time.
Carrie Handley (Apprentice Dancer) was born in Tampa, and has been demanding an audience ever since. She has been a dancer from the ground up, starting at the age of three. After moving to North Carolina early in childhood, she received her formative dance training from Northwestern Studio, in the mountains of Boone. She went on to attain a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in Dance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. While there, she had the pleasure of studying both time-honored and ground-breaking dance techniques, including Graham, Cunningham, Limon, and Safety Release. It was at UNCG that Carrie first fell desperately in love with modern dance and choreography. After college, Carrie spent a year teaching dance to young adorables in Charleston, South Carolina. While there, she was chosen to present modern dance master classes at the Charleston County School of Performing Arts. Carrie recently found her way back to Tampa with her supportive husband and mostly adorable dog, and is thrilled to be a part of Moving Current!
Abraham Sabastine Jarrell (Dancer)began dancing at Harrison Center for the Performing Arts in Lakeland FL, where he studied ballet with Sussi Olsen, and modern with Frankie Hart. After high school, Abraham danced for Florida Dance Theatre, Atlanta Dance Theatre, and North Carolina Dance Theatre II under the direction of Mark Diamond and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux. Abraham has recently returned to the central Florida area after dancing in NYC for the past year. While in New York Abraham danced with Jessica Danser/ Dansfolk, DeXdance, and JTLotus all companies having a strong Graham influence. He is very excited to be dancing for Moving Current Dance Collective.
Travis Mesman (Dancer) was born and sun burned in the town of Mobile, Alabama until the ripe age of 20 when he decided that he wanted to become a professional dancer. Before that he trained as a gymnast and musician. While his dance training was very minimal, and through a stroke of luck, Travis came to St. Petersburg to train under Suzanne Pomerantzeff and Patricia Page as a guest of PCCA. After one year of painful transformation, Travis moved to the big city to get his formal education at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. There, he trained in most formal styles of dance including Horton, Graham, Limon, and Paul Taylor styles of modern dance. All the while, he was indulging in such movement forms as breakin', capoiera, Hip-Hop, improvisation, and circus arts. After college, Travis did exceptional work for many dance companies including Koresh Dance Company, MOMIX, SCRAP, Cirque, and many others including The Ultimate Thriller, a Michael Jackson tribute show. Such talents as standing on his head, hopping on his hands, carrying people on his shoulders, and looking very mean were just a few of the talents that allowed him to tour the US and many countries around the world. He is ecstatic that Moving Current has embraced him into its family of movers.
Kebra Philebaum (Apprentice Dancer) has been dancing since the age of 3. Being a part of a military family has she has trained in a variety of places at a young age including Washington State and England. At age 11, her family moved to Florida where she started dance lessons at Mary Jo's Performing Arts Academy and continued through high school while attending Blake High School for the Arts. During her high school years, she received scholarships from the National High School Dance Festival and danced with Tap Kids for 2. Always interested in academia, Kebra decided to take a break from dance to focus on her goal of becoming a physician. After having taken the scenic route through her undergraduate studies, Kebra graduated with her BA in Chemical Engineering at USF and is currently working on her MA in Biomedical Engineering. Throughout her undergraduate work, Kebra missed having dance in her life and did not want to start her graduate work with this same feeling of emptiness. Having the homeostasis of school and dance restored in her life once again is the best feeling in the world. She is so thankful for Moving Current for making her whole again, her family and soon to be husband for all of their love and encouragement, and all of the teachers who have given her the tools to be the dancer she is today.
Kelly Rayl (Dancer) was a gymnast and a springboard/tower diver before attending the Florida State University on an academic scholarship. She has a Master of Science degree in Curriculum and Design, B.S. in Chemical Science, a minor in psychology, and a B.F.A. in dance performance from the University of South of Florida. While attending USF she received numerous talent scholarships and the Bill Hug Choreography. Her choreography has been presented at the Fall Dance Concert at USF in, the American Collage Dance Festival, National High School Dance Festival and NewGrounds Concert. She wrote and managed a project called “Natures Beauty as an Expression of Art” which was supported by the Mayors Beautification Grant, CANDO. INC, City of Tampa and the Polk County School Board. Kelly performed the multicultural, interdisciplinary, collaborative project “Visions of Peace” at the Theatre Dejazet in Paris, France in 2005. She is also a recipient of the Hillsborough teacher incentive grant and received Dance Teacher of the year 2011 for Hillsborough county schools. She is currently teaches at Blake High School of the Arts and enjoys the world of motherhood.